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Bridges is a 10-12 week hands-on, place-based, citizen science water quality curricuclum grounded in NOAA's Meaningful Watershed Education Experiences (MWEEs) and supports Great Lakes Literacy Principles, the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), Cross-curricluar integration, and Career Exploration.
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The following resource bank was developed to support the Flint River Green Bridges Curriculum in response to the COVID-19 school closures. Links are current as of 03/19/2020
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Access the full Flint River Green Bridges Curriclum here: http://www.flintrivergreen.org/bridges-pilot/
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Please credit authors Ann M. Novak, PhD, anovak@greenhillsschol.org, Greenhills School, Ann Arbor Michigan and Autumn Mitchell, amitchell@flintriver.org, Flint River Watershed Coalition, Flint, MI.

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Support DocumentsNotes in relation to GREEN/Bridges
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BRIDGES Distance Learning 9 Week ProgressionCompiled in response to Covid-19Made for packet distribution or online delivery using student readers, slideshows, worksheets, family challenges, and assignmets using the Google Suite. Links embedded in document. The customizable resources are also found here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=11sCWM_JXIrsSQ773qquieXp8GV551w-UCustomized to accompany GREEN/Bridges or to supplement the program during distance learning.
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NOAA Data in the Classroom: Monitoring Estuarine Water QualityOne of the above Data in the Classroom Modules/Storyboard - Scaffolded lessons that include videos, interactive questions, graphs, GIS exploration, and culminates in students designing an investigation and then using NOAA data to answer their question. Computer or Powerpoint AccessModules, maps, questions, and charts can all be downloaded in Powewr Point under "Teacher Resources" Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge is a similar ecosystem close to us in Saginaw (a Coastal Plain) even though it's an entirley freshwater ecosystem.
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Terrain360 Nationwide 3D viewer of specific trails and rivers
Computer with electronic mapping capabilities
Use this link to specifically view the Flint River Water Trail: https://www.terrain360.com/map/flint-river/embed
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MEECS Michigan Environmental Education Curriculum Support Water Quality Distance Learning PacketsWatersheds and Water UsePacket or ComputerWorksheets found at linkBridges used MEECS to help develop portions of the Unit. These lessons support our unit well!
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Michigan DNR Nature at Home Video Series
Topics range from tree and animal ID to fish hatcheries, outdoor skills and water quality. Short videos and many great links to other related resourcesPackets, Computer, Mobile, and Morenone for the videos, but many links have extension resourcesWater quality/Great Lakes highlights: Check out the Macroinvertebrate (Tracy's Teachings), Nature in your Neighborhood, and the Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery Tour videos. Scroll down for virtual field trips and other related videos. Scroll further for links to age-appropriate projects and activities, reading extensions, free apps, and more! We love the way this is organized!
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Alliance for the Great Lakes - HOMESchoolA blog currently displaying weekly Great Lakes lessons for students. Listed on website - may varyMany links within the blog entriesGreat format for distance learning: intro, time/materials, brief assignment, and deeper learning links. They have only released the first week's assignment at this time (4/7/2020). The video gives a description of the assignment, but teachers with students who are lacking technology access can describe the assignment in writing for their students with ease.
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USGS Water Science SchoolLarge quantity of USGS water education resources: Great Photo Galleries, Links to Current Scientific Research Projects, Activity Center, Information Pages, Opinion Polls, Teacher Resources, Quizzes, Challenge QuestionsComputer or MobileDownload: Middle School Water Science School Website Exploration WorksheetMany of the Student Readers included in Bridges draw from information within this website
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NOAA Data in the ClassroomComputer Modules - El Nino, Ocean Acidification, Water Quality, Coral Bleeching, and Sea Level ModulesComputer or Powerpoint AccessModules, maps, questions, and charts can all be downloaded in Powewr Point under "Teacher Resources" Although some of these are slightly off-topic, they are excellent resources that include many of the same science and engineering prastices and crosscutting concepts that are core to Bridges.
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Virtual DRINKING Water Chemistry Testing, Municipal Water Treatment Plants, Virtual lab - "Is stream water safe to drink?" Use data to answer journal questions about water quality and then learn how to treat water for drinking. The worksheet includes more detailed information and questions relating to the lab.Flash PlayerWorksheetTests for pH, Coliform Bacteria, Nitrates, Metals,and Pesticides. Allows students to test city, rural, lake, well, and mountain water. Be sure to descern between drinking water standards and surface water standards.
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Water Quality and QuantitiyTeaching Great Lakes Science - Lessons and Data SetsVarious - worksheets, hands-on activity materials. Some data sets require download on a comuter.Links listed on webpageMany of these lend themselves to a need for either a video demonstration, minor adatptation of materials for home, or further clarification for the students at home, but the activities are good and relate well to GREEN. Activities include building a watershed model, Great Lakes case studies, and investigating data and maps.
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Michigan Sea Grant Virtual Learning ResourcesLake Champlain Sea Grant repository of resources for teachers and students interested in watershed and related educationVaries with activityLinks within webpage
Teacher and student webinars and videos relate directly to topics investigated in Bridges
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Michigan Sea Grant HOMES at Home Webinar SeriesTwice weekly: 20 minute webinars about various Great Lakes Literacy Principles that include a challenge each day. Completion of 5 challenges rewarded with certificate. Computer/MobileNoneBridges is grounded in the Great Lakes Literacy Principles discussed within these videos. Action steps are encouraged through the challenges presented at the end of each video.
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Flint River GREEN Facebok Page:
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